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    Will the Sansamp Bass Driver get me this pick tone?

    Japanese Bass Player I looked at her site and its all in japanese but i found a link to the sansamp bass driver on the japanese amazon. I'm just wondering if the bass driver will be better for a more aggressive pick tone like this, or if the para driver is more for what im looking for...
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    How do I get punch like this?

    so back to the purpose of the thread...
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    How do I get punch like this?

    [ And lets not just say buy a G&L(It looks exactly like a L2500 except for the 4-1 tuner arrangement which i thought was a 3-2) I always thought it was about pushing your mids/highs but I'm not sure which way i should push my mids since my amp has the semi-parametric adjustment. Playing...
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    Best Buy Musical Instruments Section

    So how does TB feel about Best Buy's musical instrument section?
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    Somehow the UPS system fails

    I ordered an MTD from guitar center, which was delivered through ups. It may of been a Chinese made MTD, but its still a 1300 dollar instrument... and they delivered it to the wrong house. Luckily, Unfortunately, they do this all the time and I know which house to go to and steal back my packages.
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    El Ten Eleven?

    So I was wondering what TB thinks about Kristian from El Ten Eleven. Invalid Link Removed
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    Defretting Help

    I'm interested in defretting my first bass. It a Laguna LB224. I know I should use a radius sander but I know nothing about them and I also cant find out how curved the fretboard is. So I figured I should consult the infinite wisdom of the TalkBass boards to point me in the right direction.
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    G&L L2500

    Im interested in getting a G&L L2500 tribute. I played with one earlier today and im not entirely sure what all the knobs and switches do. I looked at the website and that kinda helped, but not really. I'm also wondering if you can special order a tribute series to be fretless. I know the USA...
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    SJB-5B and SJB-5N..Seymour Duncan

    Revive Bump! I'm currently thinking about doing this as well because the passive Duncans say they have strong mids, which is what im looking for. Anyone have any experience with this?
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    Fender Jazz 5 string replacement pickups - hot and punchy?

    Revive Bump! I'm looking for the exact same thing. What did you end up doing OP? And does anyone else have some more suggestions?
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    MIM Fender Deluxe 5 String Jbass

    I'm looking to replace my stock pickups. I want something that will give me more punch in my sound. I did some research and the DiMarzio Model J sounded like the right ones. Sadly, it does not come in 5 string and I hear all of the DiMarzio 5 string pickup aren't scaled correctly for...
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    DDT strings?

    i attempted the 65-125 without understand the physics of how it works and my d and g string broke..
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    Do I fail or do DDT's Fail?

    well when i saw this on their website i just kinda figured you could put it in standard... "Whether you drop tune or not, DDT strings will provide you with a new playing experience. Detune, change tunings, go up, go down, …your music will have a greater clarity, your notes will be more...
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    Do I fail or do DDT's Fail?

    I recently bought DR DDTs(65-125) and a 145 low B. As i was putting the low B on the Round wire around the core split apart, so the string elongated like.. an inch or so before i could even get an actual tone out of it. Then i proceeded to put the other 4 on and played on them for a while. Then...